A NAS is an all-rounder and that makes choosing your perfect NAS not easy

A NAS is an all-rounder and that makes choosing your perfect NAS not easy. Do you want to store and share documents, stream movies, all your devices home safe backup or even photos from your smartphone while you're on vacation? It's all possible, but only if you know where you want to use the NAS, you can also make for you good choice. Where should you look for?

Ask any vendor NAS what you should buy and recommends you almost instant brand and model. Error! The only correct answer to your question is in fact to ask you what you want to do with the NAS. Only that fact determines what for you is the right choice. Pay for features you never use, is in fact a real shame money.

You're looking to share a NAS backup and file
Storing Backups anytime, and can also easily share your files from any device on, it's basic functions for NAS. The are, however, very important functions and not every NAS there is equally good. What you need is a NAS that combines simplicity, safety and above all easy to use. The My Cloud and My Cloud Mirror storage specialist Western Digital are two NAS devices that just stand out here. Both devices are ready for use and, depending on the model up to 16TB storage capacity, ample for even the most demanding user. To-use backup software for Windows and Mac is included while you where you are and what device you use, you always easy, yet secure when you can file via the web or the free My Cloud Apps for iOS and Android. The My Cloud is a NAS with a single hard drive. The My Cloud Mirror has two and thereby provides additional protection against hardware failure. Both NAS'en consume little electricity and are whisper quiet.

The My Cloud Mirror has provides extra protection against hardware failure.
You also want to stream media, and install additional features
Want more than just store and share files, you want music and movies streaming and NAS instance yourself into downloading music and movies, you buy the My Cloud EX2 Ultra slightly more power than the average NAS and you preserve yet all the benefits and ease of use of the My Cloud series. The My Cloud EX2 Ultra synchronize files on your computer and Mac automatically to the NAS and always has access to the documents, but also the media on the NAS. Photos, videos and music can be viewed anywhere and on any device. There is a modest selection of apps that you can install on the NAS for additional functionality such as downloading torrents or use the NAS as a media player.

You want maximum functionality and flexibility
Do you really have many and important files, use the NAS except private business or even with more people than just the family, it has a larger NAS advantages. More processing power and more memory ensure that the NAS remains quite fast even when heavily loaded by the user. The My Cloud EX4100 has space for four drives that you can create a larger storage capacity than with most other NAS devices and also with extra protection against hardware failure. Furthermore, this NAS like the My Cloud EX2100 with two discs the same user-friendly software as other NAS devices from Western Digital including backup software, apps for smartphones and tablets and the possibility of additional functionality such as P2P download, media server and provides ftp-server to add to the NAS.

The My Cloud Expert series are powerful NAS'en with many functions.
Finally
The biggest pitfall when buying a NAS is thinking that functionality is always good. More is only good if you need more, in all other cases, you pay too much and you run the risk even more burden than benefit from the extras that you never used again. First, determine what you are going to use the NAS and choose then. As you can see, there is plenty of choice and something for everyone.